I was doing some sewing the other day and look what happened. I got my finger under the sewing machine needle. Really, really stupid, MissesStitches!!! I was pulling the threads out from under the foot, something I've done with my finger for many, many years. But now I'm using a stiletto to do that!
The needle went into the pad of my finger and came out right near the outer end of my nail. I put a tissue on it right away, but it didn't really bleed very much. It sure hurt, though! So I put a bandaid on it. Then, later when I took the bandaid off to replace it, because of my aging, thinning, deteriorating skin, the bandaid adhesive pulled a small patch of skin off my finger! That really made me mad! So now I've reverted to gauze and paper tape. This is working well, but obviously it's not waterproof.
Anyway, don't get complacent about your sewing machine like I did. They are power tools. I've also noticed that I'm not always careful enough about taking my foot off the pedal while I'm doing something else, like raising the foot a little to readjust some fabric with a stiletto or "purple thang." So I'm trying to pay a little more attention now.
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